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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
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BMW Sauber F1 Test & Reserve
driver to make debut in French classic
Paris, 15th February 2008; Christian Klien is set to drive
for Peugeot Sport in this years Le Mans 24 Hours, the 25 year old Austrian driver joining an
all star line-up as part of a three car assault in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. The
announcement was
made today by Peugeot Sport and comes three days after Christian tested
the car at the
Paul Ricard Circuit in the South of France.
With Peugeot Sport targeting victory
at La Sarthe, Christian is one of a ten strong driver line-up although the individual
crews for each of the cars will not be announced until May. The 76th Le Mans 24 Hours is set to take place over the
weekend of June
15th – 16th 2008 and Christian will take part in private
testing over the
coming months prior to taking part in the official Le Mans 24 Hours test
on May 1st.
Following the recent announcement that
Christian has joined BMW Sauber F1 as Test and Reserve driver for the FIA
Formula One World Championship the addition of the Le Mans programme with
Peugeot Sport means that 2008 is set to be his busiest season to
date.
“I’m very
happy to be part of the Peugeot Sport team for the Le Mans 24 Hours,
and having
driven the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP at Paul Ricard this week I can see
we have a very
strong package and look forward to helping the team to achieve
its goals” said
Christian.
“This
is my first experience of driving a sports prototype and to have the chance
to be in a
really competitive car at the most famous sports car race in the world is
a wonderful
opportunity. Driving the car this week was a very different
experience to
what I’m used to in F1 but it was no less exciting and I can see this
is a great
challenge and one I’m looking forward to.
“In joining Peugeot Sport for Le Mans I
would also like to thank the BMW Sauber F1 team for its support in enabling me to
take up this opportunity. It is great to be part of the very best teams in both F1 and
sports car racing in the same season.”
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